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3Rd Year Anniversary Presentation Welcome! 3 Year Anniversary 2009-2012 Reception and Celebration Sponsored by Longleaf Partnership Council March 13, 2012 Atlanta, GA TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) TX-LA Longleaf Taskforce (Photo by Ross Anderson) Mark Hainds discusses understory diversity at Longleaf 101 Academy in Tifton, Georgia. (Longleaf Alliance) Prescribed Fire in Blackwater River State Forest (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Eglin Air Force Base, FL (Photo by Vernon Compton) Ft. Benning ,GA (Photo by Vernon Compton) Ft. Benning ,GA (Photo by Vernon Compton) Ichauway Plantation, GA Ichauway Plantation, GA Ichauway Plantation, GA Ichauway Plantation, GA Ichauway Plantation, GA Ichauway Plantation, GA Ichauway Plantation, GA Ichauway Plantation, GA Ichauway Plantation, GA Ryan Elting, TNC, Carver’s Creek State Park, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Carver’s Creek State Park, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Carver’s Creek State Park, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Author Larry Earley at Carver’s Creek State Park, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Carver’s Creek State Park, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Kim Shumate (NCFS) and Susan Miller (USFWS), Carver’s Creek State Park, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Carver’s Creek State Park, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Tommy Hughes (NCWRC) and Tom Darden, Holly Shelter Game Land, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Tom Darden and Lark Hayes, Stones Creek Game Land, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Tom Darden and Tommy Hughes (NCWRC), Stones Creek Game Land, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Stones Creek Game Land, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Pitcher Plant, Stones Creek Game Land, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Camp Lejeune, NC (Photo by Lark Hayes) Weymouth Woods, NC Coming out of the “grass stage” Pre-fire personnel briefing Highly diverse native understory plant Communities -- over 1,000 species Working forests = jobs Recovering the red-cockaded Woodpecker (Photo by Danny Becker) (Photo by Danny Becker) (Photo by Danny Becker) (Photo by Jack Culpepper) (Photo by Jack Culpepper) (Photo by Jack Culpepper) Nighthawk Chick (Photo by Jack Culpepper) Nighthawk Egg Shell (Photo by Jack Culpepper) (Photo by Jack Culpepper) (Photo by Jack Culpepper) (Photo by Jack Culpepper) (Photo by Nathan McMillan) Goethe State Forest LL Flatwoods, FL Gopher Tortoise at Cary State Forest, FL Lake Talquin State Forest, FL Lake George State Forest, FL Indian Lake State Forest, FL John Bethea State Forest, FL Cary State Forest, FL Ocala National Forest, FL ARRA Temp Employees, Bladen Lakes State Forest, NC More ARRA Jobs, Bladen Lakes State Forest, NC More ARRA Jobs, Bladen Lakes State Forest, NC Dave Case and Dean Gjerstad at 2008 Charrette Workshop (Photo by Lark Hayes) Ken Arney at 2009 Launch Rhett Johnson and Dean Gjerstad at 2009 Reception Regional Forester Liz Agpaoa with Dr. James Earl Kennamer and Robert Abernethy at 2009 Reception NC Longleaf Pine Coalition Meeting March 11, 2010 Secretary Vilsack’s Longleaf Field Trip and America’s Great Outdoors Session Francis Marion National Forest and Charleston, June 2010 Federal MOU Highlights June 28, 2010 • Formalizes USDA’s, DOD’s and DOI’s support for America’s Longleaf and its goal of 8M acres • Establishes Federal Coordinating Committee for federal leadership • Recognizes the need for collaboration of partners • Directs federal partners to execute a Memorandum of Partnership with other government agencies and NGOs by the end of 2010 Glen Gaines and Laurie Fenwood (Photo by Lark Hayes) Thanks To Our Sponsors American Forest Foundation The Nature Conservancy Department of Defense Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center Southern Environmental Law Center The Longleaf Alliance Tall Timbers Research Station National Wild Turkey Federation The Conservation Fund National Wildlife Federation And our Contributing Photographers Ross Anderson Florida Forest Service Danny Becker Lark Hayes Vernon Compton Joseph W. Jones Ecological Center Jack Culpepper Nathan McMillan.
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